John collines



JOHN COLLINES, OF ECQRSE, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 80,274, dated'fulg/ 28, 1868; autedatecl July 18, 1868. r

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To ALL WHoM IT MAY ooNoEnN.;

Be it kno'wn that I, JOHN GOLLINES, of the town of Ecorse, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement on a/FishingSen-e, oalled,L The Collins Brace-Seine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation `of the same, Y reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification.

'I construct a net or seine generally similar to those now in use, and of any size desired.` Along the entire length of this seine I insert perpendicular braces of wood, (marked A A in the drawings,) from two and a'half to six feet in length, and at intervals from each other about equal to their length. These braces extend from two to four inches below the lead-line, (marked a'in the draivings,) and are fastened to it at their bottoms, and nt their tops they are fastened to a brace-line, (marked B the drawngs,) ektending the whole length of the seine. 1 l I The seine is provided with leads on the lower or lead-line,l (marked a, as above,) and with oats on the upper u line (marked c c in the drawings) of the seine. This net is cast into the Water, and worked or operated similar to the ordinary seines. It possesses many and great advantages over the seines now in use, among which are the following: i It enables the sherman to go anywhere over the water, Withoutvreferenee to the shore, andithereby to l select his own fishing-ground, and to choose those localities where he may have learned that sh are most plentyn l The braces marked A A, as above, prevent the seine being entangled, fouled, or caught upon any stones, rocks, logs, or other obstructions, and allow the fisherman the opportunity of fishing in places where the seines now in use would be destroyed by rocks and obstructions. i `What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l The application of the braces manked A A, as above, to a seine or net, substantially as und for the purposes herein described.

JOHN COLLINES.

Witnesses: Y

HENRY H. SWAN, HENRY fU. DUFFIELD. 

